Background Action

As a foretaste of the Special Edition and the Prequels, there's some distracting shooting and such going on behind the main focus of the scene. What's next? A scrolling text messages banner along the bottom?

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Art Notes: Angry, Disgusted Ben

Sure he has freed Solo's ship from the tractor beam he races towards it.

(The ship, that is)
(I.e; the ship is the thing that he's running to)
(Not, the tractor beam)
(What would be the point?)

Not quite the serene, monklike Ben we're used to. More like "Agh, not you again?" (steps over to wall and starts banging his forehead off it) You - bloody - effing - annoying - BASTARD!"

Stay in control Ben. No need to lose the head. Speaking of which, last time they met, Ben chopped off Vader's arm, legs; and just for added cruelty gave him a telling off while watching him burning to death by a lava flow. Oh, and then he just walked off and left him there. Didn't tell Luke about that - did you old boy?

Lovely cuddly old Ben. Hmm.

Now I actually pity the baddie. I much preferred evil, frightening, Vader - to - just needs a cuddle, Darth.

Anyhoo...

Can anyone tell me which production shot - or official graphic - I copied Vader's head from in panel 3? It might have been a photo from the novel - not sure. Hang on, I'll go and check... Nope.

FORP! reminds of Flash Gordon. I sort of liked - and didn't like that '80s film. Dunno about you but anything that tried to ape or even compete with Star Wars was the enemy for me. I hated Battlestar Galactica (but watched it). Any movie, TV series or comic that used the word blaster was an object of loathing. Even an issue of 2000AD comic's Dan Dare showed a character dressed like farm-boy Luke - and that really annoyed me too.

At 10 years old, I should have been working in George's legal and copyright department. A sort of in-house intellectual property guardian fascist.

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